English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hollingdon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Soulbury

Historical Forms

  • Holendone 1086 DB
  • Holedene 1086 DB 1163 P
  • Holendene 1241 Ass 1262 Ass 1353 Cl
  • Holindon 1247 Ass
  • Hollenden 1418 L.iii.463
  • Holynden 1500 Pat 1517 Encl
  • Hollington, Dark and Upper 1766 J 1826 B

Etymology

OE  holan dene (dat.), 'hollow valley,' or holegn denu , 'holly valley,' v . hol(h), denu, holegn.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement